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I found the source for the assertion of the translator of an Orthodox New Testament that the MT is a translation of the LXX into Hebrew: it s from TRANSMISSION

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, Feb 15, 2002

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I found the source for the assertion of the translator of an
Orthodox New Testament that the MT is a translation of the LXX into
Hebrew: it's from TRANSMISSION OF THE TEXT OF THE HOLY BIBLE by Dr
Constantine Siamakis, Institute For Byzantine and Modern Greek
Studies, Belmont, MA, 1997: "The Hebrew version in circulation today,
the so-alled Massoretic Text, is chiefly a retranslation of the
Septuagint into medieval Hebrew that was produced in stages between
the 2nd and 9th century A.D. As a result, it contains many Greek
words, such as Ur=Chor=Chora, i.e., Land (GENESIS 11:31);
phoirion=phoreion-palanquin (SONG OF SONGS 3:9); and paradeisos (SONG
OF SONGS 4:13)...and many others" (pg. 42).
Is he wrong?

silouan2k

... I haven t read the book, but I do know that he s got at least one of those word-pairs backwards. Paradeisos is a hellenized version of the Persian

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, Feb 22, 2002

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"nicholas_38018" <nicholas_38018@y...> wrote:

> I found the source for the assertion of the translator of
> an Orthodox New Testament that the MT is a translation
> of the LXX into Hebrew: it's from TRANSMISSION OF THE
> TEXT OF THE HOLY BIBLE by Dr Constantine Siamakis...
> it contains many Greek words, such as Ur=Chor=Chora,
> i.e., Land (GENESIS 11:31); phoirion=phoreion-palanquin
> (SONG OF SONGS 3:9); and paradeisos (SONG OF SONGS 4:13)
> ...Is he wrong?

I haven't read the book, but I do know that he's got at least one of
those word-pairs backwards. "Paradeisos" is a hellenized version of
the Persian "pairidaiza" i.e. "pleasure-garden." If the rest of
Simakis' etymology assumes that every apparent cognate originates
with a Greek word, I'd be a little dubious about his results...

Silouan

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